Trunk



L E K Mn N m T flu Am 1%. d 0 M 0 m No. 428,274. Patented May 20, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER O. FRANKEL, OF NEIVARK, NEW JERSEY.

TRUNK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 428,274, dated May 20, 1890. Application filedMaroh 29, 1890. Serial No. 345,801. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER O. FRAN- KEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to trunks; and it consists in the combination, with a trunk and its lid or cover, of a rigid tray completely filling the interior of the coveror lid and proj ecting outward therefrom, so that when the lid or cover of the trunk is closed the tray shall project downward into the body of the trunk.

The obj ectsof theinvent-ion are to dispense with the use of the ordinary removable trays and to provide a tray that shall materially stiffen and strengthen not only the cover or lid of the trunk, but aid materially in preventing any movement of the cover or lid relatively to the body of the trunk when the said lid or cover is closed.

I am aware that it is not new to divide the lid of a trunk into compartments by longitudinal partitions and to place in said compartments drawers, and I am also aware that a trunk-lid has been provided with a small tray occupying about one-third of the space in the lid or cover and adapted to project downward into the body of the trunk when the lid is closed, and to these constructions I lay no claim.

The first plan to which I have just above referred is open to the objection that the drawers do not project downward into the body of the trunk, and consequently donotmaterially strengthen the lid and cannot pre-' Vent the movement of the lid or cover laterallywith reference to the body of the trunk, which causes considerable strain upon the hinges. The second plan is also open to the objectionthat it does not materially increase the strength of the lid or cover, and by reason of its not extending over the entire width of the cover will not prevent the movement of the lid or cover relative to the body of the trunk, which, as before stated, creates considerable strain upon the hinges. Furthermore, in this last-mentioned plan it is proposed to use in connection with the rigld tray a supplemental tray, which it is necessary to remove before access can be had to the rigid tray; but in my arrangement no removable tray is used at all.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved trunk; Fig. 2, a longitudinal sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 a transverse sectional view.

A indicates the body of a trunk, B the lid or cover, and G the rigid tray, completely filling the interior of the lid or cover and projecting beyond the edges thereof, so that when the lid or cover is closed the tray shall project downward into the body A a considerable distance, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The tray will preferably be made up of a rectangular frame D, which, being built into and fitting within the lid or cover, imparts considerable strength thereto, the ends and sides of the frame of the tray being connected by one or more transverse and longitudinal partitions to further stiffen and brace the cover, and serving also to divide the tray into a number of different-shaped and differentsized compartments. The traybecomespractically an integral part of the lid or cover of the trunk.

It is of course to be understood that the compartments a in the tray will be provided with doors I? and suitable fastening devices 0. In order to hold the lid in its open position, I attach the trunk-lid support E at one end to the tray and at the opposite end to the body of the trunk, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, instead of connecting it at one end to the cover, as has heretofore been customary. The projecting portion as snugly as is possible within the open mouth of the body, and it will be seen that any horizontal movement of the lid or cover upon or with reference to the body of the trunk will be effectually prevented. 7

Having thus described my invention, I claiin is 1. In a trunk, the combination, with the body A and the lid or cover B, of the tray 0, comprising a projecting rectangular frame wh at of the tray fits D, secured rigidly within and filling the lid one end to the body of the trunk and at the or cover, and a. series of compartments a, hzW- oppositeend to the projecting tray. 10 ing suitable doors and fastening" devices, all In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand substantially as shown and described. in the presence of two witnesses.

5 2. In a trunk, the combination, with the ALEXANDER ,C. FRANKEL.

body and the lid or cover, of the rigid pro- W itnesses: jecting tray filling the interior of the cover, ARNOLD TANZER,

and the lid support or stay E, connected at R. M. RORBACH. 

